St. Elizabeths Hospital legends

St. Elizabeths Hospital, established in the 19th century as the Government Hospital for the Insane, occupies a large campus at 1100 Alabama Avenue SE and housed notable patients including poet Ezra Pound. The former hospital complex and its institutional buildings are commonly referenced in Washington urban-legend accounts and appear on paranormal tour itineraries recounting alleged hauntings and eerie stories. These stories are part of local lore and are anecdotal rather than empirically verified.